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A low, dishonest decade
Took the words right out of my mouth. Or do I mean off my screen?… more →
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A low, dishonest decade
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stevenhartwriter wrote 7 hours ago: Took the words right out of my mouth. Or do I mean off my screen? … more →
Jane Austen as Moral Guide
sonyachung wrote 5 days ago: 22 December 2009 A wonderful piece in the Wall Street Journal by James Collins about reading Jane Au … more →
Gray study
stevenhartwriter wrote 6 days ago: Michael Gray, who as the author of Song and Dance Man and The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia is somebody who … more →
Writing: Choosing the uncertain act of baking French canelés or choosing to go down a cul-de-sac
Nancy Whichard wrote 2 weeks ago: What calls us to write? Feeling moved by an activity, an idea, a sentence, a word, a sunset, a dess … more →
Why Books Aren't Commodities, And Never Will Be
Cal wrote 4 weeks ago: Staying Awake: Notes on the Alleged Decline of Reading, published in the February 2008 issue of Harp … more →
Friday finds
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stevenhartwriter wrote 1 month ago: “Sister Jean”Webster, a former sou chef for one of the Atlantic City casinos, started fe … more →
Nice guy finishes first
stevenhartwriter wrote 1 month ago: Way back in the mists of time, when I pulled an oar in a galley that was part of the Forbes Newspape … more →
Stop Reading and Start Living!
Cal wrote 1 month ago: One of our favorite Bookish Quotes is Logan Pearsall Smith’s “People say that life is th … more →
Podcast alert
stevenhartwriter wrote 1 month ago: Maybe you have yet to read the great Jazz Age poet Hart Crane, put off by his reputation for writing … more →
Friday finds
stevenhartwriter wrote 1 month ago: A geological team looking for oil in the western desert of Egypt may have discovered the remains of … more →
Roguetry in motion
stevenhartwriter wrote 1 month ago: Carl Hiaasen, eminent muckraker and novelist, reveals to the world a secret communication between Sa … more →
Why Do People Read?
Cal wrote 1 month ago: After reflecting on some of the interesting points made by Tom Peter’s recent Library Journal … more →
Friday finds
stevenhartwriter wrote 1 month ago: All you need to celebrate Halloween the H.G. Wells way. (And the George Pal way, and the Oson Welles … more →
If you don't have the dime, don't do the wine
stevenhartwriter wrote 1 month ago: I have to agree with J.D. Rhoades that the idea of a bottle of tequila that sells for over two grand … more →
Tempus fugit, and then some
stevenhartwriter wrote 2 months ago: How nice to know that The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction has been around long enough to g … more →
Friday finds
stevenhartwriter wrote 2 months ago: Want to give this year’s Halloween celebration a Lovecraftian flavor? Then Propnomicon is the … more →
Cold print
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stevenhartwriter wrote 2 months ago: This time of year I usually re-read Ray Bradbury’s The October Country because . . . well, do … more →
Listen up
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stevenhartwriter wrote 2 months ago: A podcast on the pitfalls of publishing yourself. Don’t believe in writer’s block? Don … more →
Unfortunate headline alert
stevenhartwriter wrote 2 months ago: “Lucy the Elephant sustains rear-end wind damage in Margate.” Please contribute your one … more →
